Once (Stan) Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy.

[On Willie Mays] He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out.

A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do.

I'm probably the only guy who worked for (Casey) Stengel before and after he was a genius.

I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.

Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.

Spahn and Sain and pray for rain.